VisualGDB .pro file parsing problem

[michael.s]

Hello,

when having a QT project and wishing that the debug version of the program has a different name than the release version the thing to do afaik is to add this lines into the .pro file of the project

debug {
TARGET = MyProgramD
}
release {
TARGET =MyProgram
}

This works very well compiling, but the VisualGDB parser seems to be unable to handle the conditionality of this construct. As a result it always takes the first TARGET definition and constructs its build variables – in the example above TARGET = MyProgramD, even in release mode. When it tries to transfer the target file to the linux system it stops with an error, since it can’t find the (non-existing) wrong binary.

Are there any workarounds?

thanks

[support]

Hi,

Yes, our .pro file parser is very basic and does not support conditionals. As a workaround, you can disable deployment, add custom deployment actions specifying your target name and explicitly specify the modified target name as the program to debug.

[michael.s]

splendid…thanks

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